Insta360 Luna Ultra unveils dual-lens Leica gimbal to challenge DJI

UPDATED · News · 25 May 2026 · MTW Editorial Team

The Insta360 Luna Ultra is the pocket gimbal camera Insta360 designed to break DJI’s monopoly, and the company previewed it at the Leica campus in Wetzlar on 22 May 2026, three days before pre-orders went live. Insta360’s pre-launch event confirmed the dual-lens Luna Ultra carries a 1-inch sensor, a Leica Summicron-calibrated wide-angle, a dedicated telephoto sensor, and a detachable OLED touch remote, with launch expected before the end of June 2026.

Insta360 Luna Ultra hardware: 1-inch sensor and Leica Summicron lenses

The Insta360 Luna Ultra hardware is the most ambitious pocket gimbal camera spec sheet of 2026. The main 20mm-equivalent wide-angle uses a 1-inch CMOS sensor with an f/1.8 aperture and a 155-degree field of view, which is one full stop brighter than the DJI Osmo Pocket 4 main lens. The dedicated telephoto sits on a separate 1/1.3-inch sensor with a 60mm-equivalent reach for 3x optical, extended to 3.9x with sensor-shift and up to 6x lossless with computational reconstruction. That is not the same telephoto experience as a phone-class portrait lens; Insta360 designed it to deliver clean cinematic footage with continuous autofocus across the zoom range.

Both lenses carry the Leica Summicron designation, which Leica reserves for high-quality f/2 prime optics in its M-mount line. Insta360 paid for the calibration partnership and pulled in Leica colour science, which means the in-camera Leica Authentic and Leica Vibrant profiles match the look you would get from a Leica Q3 or M11. That detail matters for creators who already shoot Leica because it removes a colour-grading step in post. For everyone else, the practical benefit is that the Luna Ultra ships with arguably the best out-of-camera colour in the segment.

Insta360 Luna Ultra detachable OLED remote

The headline design choice on the Insta360 Luna Ultra is the detachable OLED touchscreen on the front of the handle. Pop it off and it becomes a wireless remote with its own touchscreen, a microphone built in, and gimbal-control buttons. You can put the camera on a tripod or a flat surface, walk away up to 30 meters, and frame the shot from the live feed on the remote in your hand. Vloggers who shoot alone get a single-creator A-roll workflow that no other pocket gimbal does at this price point, and that is the feature that will sell most Luna Ultras.

The trade-off is that the detachable screen adds about 12 mm of thickness to the handle when attached, which makes the Luna Ultra slightly bulkier than the DJI Osmo Pocket 4 in a coat pocket. The remote uses Bluetooth Low Energy 5.4 with a proprietary low-latency layer for the live preview; Insta360 quotes 60 ms of preview latency, which is well below human-noticeable. We will need to test the remote in real environments with Wi-Fi interference before declaring it as reliable as DJI’s own RC remote, but on paper it is the right design. Compare the remote-driven workflow to the live-streaming workflow we walked through in our iPhone 17 Pro broadcast coverage.

Insta360 Luna Ultra vs DJI Osmo Pocket 4 spec match-up

The Luna Ultra wins on aperture, optical zoom, colour science and remote workflow. The Osmo Pocket 4 wins on built-in storage, on-sale availability, and the Mimo app ecosystem which is integrated with the wider DJI ecosystem most enthusiast filmmakers already own. Pricing is the deciding factor for many buyers. The Luna Ultra at £475 (about $599) undercuts the rumoured DJI Osmo Pocket 4P at £630 (about $799) to £670 (about $849) by enough that Insta360 has a real margin to defend, and the Luna Pro at £395 (about $499) to £435 (about $549) lands at parity with the standard Osmo Pocket 4. Read our full best pocket gimbal camera 2026 buying guide for our overall pick.

Insta360 Luna Pro: the single-lens budget pick

The Insta360 Luna Pro is the single-lens version of the Luna Ultra and the pocket gimbal camera Insta360 will sell in the highest volume. It carries the same 1-inch CMOS main sensor with the Leica Summicron 20mm-equivalent wide and the same f/1.8 aperture as the Luna Ultra, but no telephoto. The Luna Pro keeps the same detachable OLED touch remote, the same Leica colour profiles, and the same 4K 240fps slow-motion capture. The compromise is the lack of optical zoom and the smaller sensor stack inside the gimbal head, which makes the Luna Pro almost 90 grams lighter than the Luna Ultra.

Expected pricing of £395 (about $499) to £435 (about $549) puts the Luna Pro in direct competition with the DJI Osmo Pocket 4 base model. For most creators, the question is whether the Leica colour science and detachable remote are worth giving up DJI’s built-in 107 GB storage and the mature Mimo app. Travel creators who already use Leica cameras should default to the Luna Pro. Everyone else should weigh the DJI Mimo app ecosystem against the Leica colour advantage and pick based on which they value more. That is a closer call than most readers expect.

When the Insta360 Luna Ultra ships and where to buy

Insta360 opened pre-orders in mainland China on 18 May 2026 at 18:00 local time and is targeting a global launch before the end of June 2026. Direct sales through store.insta360.com will be the first place the Luna Ultra appears in the US, UK and EU. Expect Amazon US, B&H Photo and Best Buy to follow within two weeks. UK buyers should default to direct from Insta360 for the warranty cover; Amazon UK and Currys will pick up the Luna Pro first. EU buyers go through MediaMarkt and Amazon DE. There is no formal Insta360 retail presence in many EU countries beyond Amazon yet.

The competitive landscape is the part Insta360 has set up well. The Luna Ultra arrives before the DJI Osmo Pocket 4P US availability is confirmed, which means Insta360 owns a 4 to 8 week window where buyers comparing the two simply have to pick the available product. If Insta360 holds shipping dates and the Luna Ultra reviews land at the level Digital Camera World’s hands-on suggests, this is the most disruptive launch in pocket cinema cameras since the original Osmo Pocket five years ago. Compare it against the rest of our best beginner drone picks if you are picking up content gear this summer.

For UK readers

UK readers: Insta360 has not yet confirmed UK availability, UK pricing or UK retailer partners for the Luna Ultra. Insta360 typically launches to UK simultaneously with the global rollout via the Insta360 UK store, Amazon UK and Jessops. UK pricing usually mirrors USD list price on Insta360 cameras at a 1:1 ratio inclusive of VAT, so expect £599 to £779 once UK listings appear. Watch the Insta360 UK store for the listing.